Telegram-herald., 1887-08-22

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tae battle Esaif sog0 become a
sf iaaepen1ssL daels s<tseeu fHt
Uai sai9S fais II a. ence sfezfeag
wheu ss consider tsat niost, L 49, al
81 ms sEfps Nsaia have rzlas. ~ Is
weaid. tExfsfofs. bs hizaly Eee ssars
far a Captzln - 84ss perfect eo8trel
ever the movements q as shiB g. nre-
YEA her Delas famaissi by sD easus
a me outset " The acton Eax forl edo
boats ~eald probably take = very se-
tsse part. ana ansii sxfermia4ted. "a
t1ey certainly xolld BE- ln time. would
- gage great attention and 81 elective
ia sinking 8 few shlps. IL nav IS
safely concluded that every ship would
be steaming fact during the action, this
being neeessA Ary 70 avoid being Iammed.
q get into favorable positions for dls-
charging t0rped0es and % elude TIE
IRE II an eAeuY. HEAVY gun nre
w0uld, of course Dc maintained from
the commeaccmea OF the action. zld
those ships y hose eazines get disabled
from this eaase would speedily ID
rammed, and a this point Ne consider
that great Joss OF lEfe would take place.
for the reason that the boats OF .
snip, being always exposed u
the machine zan fire, would AZ
an early stage Of the action De
riddled aud shattered with shot. and
IN the Incredibly saort time in which
3 ship sinks after being rammed il
would be impossible for the crew TO i'm
provise other means 70 save
themselves frOm drowning. No steps
seem YET to have been taken by our
Admiralty with view Of providing
Tor this contingency. Il has been sug-
gested that a hospital ship bearing the
Geneva cross should accompany a fieet
INTO action 20 receive the woard ded.
We would make a farther suggestion
namely. that this ship should be pro-
Sided with fast steaming boats. pecu-
lisrly marked 20 show their pacific
nature, which would proceed 10 the as
sistanee OF single ship. By shis
means. a number of men M ght be
saved who woald otherwise certainly
b. irowasd II j. not probable that
tle os of life from gun hre would De
large. as great part Of the cres of an
Ironciad wou.d De under water. he
rest being inside The arfaored partition
OF she snip. Pew ships would be able
10 get into favorable positions for lis
charging Whitehead torpedOes from
thar tubes; even II they dii so, tie
coarse of one of these mschiaes is so
erratic when discharged from ship in
motion thai il would in nearly every
case miss rs mark. The time Tor the
use Of Whitsheads would be from the
torpedo boats as the commencement Of
the fight
70 som up, il is the opinion ef many
naval men OF authority that a modern
naval battle would only occupp or,-
half the time OF hght in the OIL Tra-
falgar davs; that half the ships IN
ployed would be sunk. aud that most
q the remainder would be j bat
tered as 10 be unfit for further service
for months to come Chamber J0er-
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